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Recipe Poppy Seed Strudel

Morning Glory

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I wasn't going to post this because frankly, it went rather wrong. I think I possibly used too much filling so it oozed out and also made the middle rather soggy. Anyway, as I took the photos I thought I'd post it anyway in case anyone cares to have a go at improving on it.

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Ingredients
  • 5 sheets of filo pastry
  • Melted butter
  • 60 g ground poppy seeds
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 150 ml honey
  • 1tbsp brandy
  • 1tsp cinnamon
  • Icing sugar for dusting
Method
  1. Heat the oven to 175C
  2. Grind the poppy seeds in a spice grinder.
  3. Mix together the poppy seeds, sugar, honey, brandy and cinnamon to form a thick paste.
  4. Lay the sheets of filo on top of one another, brushing well with melted butter between each layer.
  5. Spread the paste over the surface of the filo leaving a margin around each edge.
  6. Fold in the bottom edge and sides of the pastry and brush with melted butter.
  7. Roll the pastry ito a sausage shape and brush with melted butter.
  8. Bake for 25 mins until golden brown.
  9. Allow to cool and then dust with icing sugar
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